Church

Was Jesus CEO?

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Backyard Missionary: Was Jesus really the CEO of his followers?… Was Paul the CEO of the early church?… Were there any CEOs in

Crazy for Keller

Westminster Books has a funny post about Keller’s new book The Reason for God: WTS student Art Boulet actually stood outside our doors in freezing rain to be the first customer to

The church in a buyer’s market

This post is dedicated to Bill Kinnon who can’t stomach the idea of franchised churches. I hope that Bill doesn’t read the latest issue of Leadership Journal which has a short

Is the emerging church receding?

Trevin Wax gives five reasons why the emerging church has begun to recede: 1. The Emerging Church does little evangelism. 2. Some Emerging leaders have embraced a disturbing lack of clarity on key

Real Change for a Change

My latest column at Christian Week: David Hansen, a pastor and author, says that his predecessor’s library haunts him. When his predecessor left the church, he left the ministry and his library.